rednaxela wrote:i work regular (8-5) hours so get home reasonably early. my simple solution is -have light meal in the evening and then go to bed early, say 8:30 pm but set the alarm to 11-ish pm.i then wake up and watch till the end of the stage then go back to bedif all else fails, the HDD recorder is set as a back-up ...thankfully wife just leaves me alone during this times ...

I've got the next week off work- so that's already sorted - but after that this is pretty much my exact plan as well.

On another note ... I'm really *NOT* a fan of the new Greenedge uniform! Bleh ...

Fell asleep before the end of last nights finish... I find it hard to watch the entire stage & then get up & ride to work... May try what's been suggested, go to sleep early & wake for the last hour or so... But I think I will struggle to nod off early...

Am thinking of taking week 3 off work. Just because I can... And that is always the best week, in my opinion...

I taped the first hour last night and watched something else. Then I put on the TDF and fast forwarded over all the ad breaks until I caught up to live time. I think if I see "readyeveryday" one more time I'm gonna go nuts. I do not need to see ads for Men's issues on EVERY ad break EVERY day.

cp123 wrote:I taped the first hour last night and watched something else. Then I put on the TDF and fast forwarded over all the ad breaks until I caught up to live time. I think if I see "readyeveryday" one more time I'm gonna go nuts. I do not need to see ads for Men's issues on EVERY ad break EVERY day.

I'd comment in this thread but an everyday moment keeps turning romantic for me.

So we get the leaders we deserve and we elect, we get the companies and the products that we ask for, right? And we have to ask for different things. – Paul Gildingbut really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.

cp123 wrote:I taped the first hour last night and watched something else. Then I put on the TDF and fast forwarded over all the ad breaks until I caught up to live time. I think if I see "readyeveryday" one more time I'm gonna go nuts. I do not need to see ads for Men's issues on EVERY ad break EVERY day.

JohnJoyner wrote:And who's the muppet that commentates before Phil & Paul take over... Is it Matt Keenan?? He's as boring as bat excrement... He's enough to send me off to sleep before the real action even begins.

JohnJoyner wrote:And who's the muppet that commentates before Phil & Paul take over... Is it Matt Keenan?? He's as boring as bat excrement... He's enough to send me off to sleep before the real action even begins.

Sadly, Shergett make so many mistakes it is embarrassing. I think to the brand new viewer, they are probably fine, but after god knows how many TdFs and other races, I am sick to death of them. If Paul isn't explaining how hard a man he is, Phil is banging on about something we have heard a thousand times before.

It would be a difficult job though. Even Harmon, Kirby, Kelly and Smith on the other channels aren't perfect.

So JV911 and roller are nearby tonight!... as much as I would like to head up the Grand Colombier tomorrow I only have a couple of days at home and no road bike... so will wander 100m down the road and find some shade to watch tomorrows stage .